Voices

Six Steps to Problem Solving with Your Child

Dec 07, 2018 at 01:00 pm by aGentleDrLaura

In last week’s column, I explained how I developed a way to help our wild child. This involved walking him through a series of six question whenever he broke our rules,.... Read More

President George H. W. bush Farewell

Dec 06, 2018 at 01:29 pm by clervin

At the risk of being unoriginal, please allow me a few words to eulogize former President George H.W. Bush, a man who never got enough credit for his many accomplishments-whic.... Read More

Christmas Traditions: Reading is fundamental

Dec 06, 2018 at 10:00 am by Paulette Jackson

"Few things are more important for a child than to discover the joy of reading. Give a child the love of children's reading, and you have given them, not only the most satisfy.... Read More

Dads2Dads: Why Are Teens So Different Today?

Dec 04, 2018 at 10:30 am by Dads2Dads

Every generation of parents wonders, ”Why do my kids seem so different? I didn’t act like this.” Teens are affected by the culture in which they are raised..... Read More

Opinion: Why are we offended by Children's Holiday Classics?

Dec 03, 2018 at 07:00 am by clervin 2

We’re really living in the Unites States of the Offended. People, lighten up, please. Children’s holiday classic TV specials are now being scrutinized by the PC p.... Read More

Parent’s Corner: Effective Strategies for Communicating With Difficult Children

Nov 29, 2018 at 08:00 am by aGentleDrLaura

When my children were babies, I talked with them as if they were adults. All the time about everything. “Now I’m going to give you a bath.” Or “T.... Read More

Opinion: Democrats want to 'Count Every Vote' until they win

Nov 23, 2018 at 07:00 am by clervin

This just in: Broward County, Fla., has finished counting votes and George W. Bush has beaten Al Gore for President. Just kidding, but not by much. Please forgive me for my t.... Read More

Dads2Dads: The Power of a Parent

Nov 22, 2018 at 07:00 am by Dads2Dads

We are familiar with power in its many forms – the crane that can lift a 400 lb. beam, the chief executive who oversees a large company, or the electrical substation tha.... Read More

Parenting Through Black Friday While Wearing Your Dysfunctional Family

Nov 21, 2018 at 09:30 am by aGentleDrLaura

I’ll admit I have my own stories of feeling the pressure to buy to excess for my children. To make up for the poverty, deprivation, and abuse of my childhood. And to mak.... Read More

Happy Thanksgiving. Going to Grandma's. And Where in the Heck is Easy Street?

Nov 21, 2018 at 08:41 am by Paulette Jackson

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and soon we will all be gathering from near and far, at grandma's, mom and dad's, family or friends, in honor of our country's ancestor.... Read More

Dads2Dads: Be Thankful That You Can Give

Nov 14, 2018 at 07:00 am by Dads2Dads

We were in Hobby Lobby before Halloween and stumbled into . . . The Christmas Zone! Yep, it’s coming earlier every year. Halloween is over, Thanksgiving is.... Read More

Ask Ellie: Child Abuse in the Boro

Nov 12, 2018 at 07:00 am by Ask Ellie

Dear Miss. Ellie: I love my fiance and love his daughter tremendously. When we are together and pick up the little girl for visitation I have noticed bruising, and it is incr.... Read More